'60 Minutes' Icon, Mike Wallace Dies at 93

One of the original hosts of "60 Minutes," Mike Wallace, passed away Saturday night at the age of 93 years old in a long-term care facility in New Canaan, CT surrounded by family and friends. Wallace started on "60 Minutes" when the show premiered in 1968 and retired at the age of 88 in 2006, but continued to do occasional interviews.

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One of the original hosts of "60 Minutes," Mike Wallace, passed away Saturday night at the age of 93 years old in a long-term care facility in New Canaan, CT surrounded by family and friends. Wallace started on "60 Minutes" when the show premiered in 1968 and retired at the age of 88 in 2006, but continued to do occasional interviews.

Wallace was known as a hard interviewer, asking tough questions of the likes of Vladmir Putin, Barbra Streisand and Louis Farrakhan. "He loved it," Jeff Fager, CBS News Chairman and Wallace's producer on "60 Minutes" said Sunday in an AP obituary. "He loved that part of Mike Wallace. He loved being Mike Wallace. He loved the fact that if he showed up for an interview, it made people nervous. ... He knew, and he knew that everybody else knew, that he was going to get to the truth. And that's what motivated him."

Wallace has been struggling with his health since 2008 when he underwent heart surgery.